Increasing port count on Dell switches in GNS3

Hi all,

One of the common questions when running Dell virtual appliances within GNS3, is around increasing the port count.

 

By default the virtual appliances will be equipped with 10 interfaces. Normally that is sufficient to add some end devices, VLTi discovery interfaces and uplink ports … but what if the topology requires more ?

 

No problem. Simply right-click on the appliance and choose Configure

Select the Network Tab and increase the Adapter value to increase the number of Ethernet interfaces on the virtual appliance

The only gotcha is that you cannot modify the amount of interfaces on a virtual appliance while the there are existing links to that appliance.

So if you know the appliance will need more than 10 interfaces, it's best to specify the number of needed interfaces at the start, so that you don’t need to delete links, increase the adapter count and then re-attach the links.

Happy building everyone!

Kind Regards

Barry

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